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Sparket

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March 1st, 2007 10:00

maximum hard disk size for Precision M60

Hi, could someone tell me the maximum hard disk size supported in a Precision M60 notebook? Thanks, Greets, Jo

Dev Mgr

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March 1st, 2007 11:00

Any laptop drive should work in the system. The largest ones I've seen are 200GB at this time. They do spin just 4200 rpm though, but if you're ok with that, you should be able to buy one and use it in the system (will most likely have to reinstall the whole OS, unless you have a way to clone one drive to the other on your notebook).

I can't find 100% confirmation on this, but I suspect the system uses ATA drives, not the newer SATA drives, so be sure to buy an ATA laptop drive.

Message Edited by Dev Mgr on 03-01-2007 07:53 AM

Sparket

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March 1st, 2007 12:00

Thanks for your reply. The reason I am asking is, I had a Dell C610 in the past, and this model only supported drives up to 60GB, maybe a BIOS limitation, even with the latest greatest BIOS upgrade. I also found that acknowledged by a post here in the forum, stating the C610 only supports up to 60GB drives.
 
A 80GB drive I tried to install to the C610 failed to work, and I want to make sure, before I buy a used M60, that I dont run into the same issue here.
 
The M60 was sold originally with a 40 or 60GB drive by Dell, so I wondered if there is the same limitation eventually with that system.
 
However, the M60 has a ATA, no SATA interface, I already found that.
 
So if someone could confirm I could use a ATA drive > 60GB in a M60 I would really appreciate, since the standard 60GB doesnt my needs.
 
Thanks again and regards, Jo


Message Edited by Sparket on 03-01-2007 08:39 AM

Sparket

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March 5th, 2007 06:00

Anyone from Dell around who might know this?
 
Thanks!

PartsGuru

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March 7th, 2007 16:00

Dell themselves offered an 80Gb option for the M60 so that's fine by definition but beyond that you're in -it-and-see territory....

Sparket

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March 8th, 2007 06:00

Thanks a lot, 80GB would be fine for me! I didnt know this machine was sold with 80GB factory.
 
Cheers, Jo

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